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Title	Speaker	Date
Poetry Reading Time, Work	Rabbi Alan Lew, Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Aug 01 1980 City Center
The Self Buddha, Time, Practice	Robert Aitken Roshi	May 17 1980 City Center
Dreams, Duality, and Poetic Truths Work, Time, Poetry	Robert Duncan	May 11 1980 City Center
Imagination's Dance with Morality Evil, Emptiness	Robert Duncan	May 11 1980 City Center
Mystical Worlds in Poetic Creation Time, Poetry, Love	Robert Duncan	Apr 13 1980 City Center
Browning's Sordello Time, Work, Poetry	Robert Duncan	Mar 30 1980 City Center
Browning's Quest for Timeless Connection Time, Love, Poetry	Robert Duncan	Mar 23 1980 City Center
Browning's Sordello	Robert Duncan	Mar 23 1980 City Center
Visionary Craft: Shaping Worlds Anew Time, Work, Poetry	Robert Duncan	Mar 16 1980 City Center
Imagination's Tapestry: Browning's Legacy Poetry, Time, Love	Robert Duncan	Mar 09 1980 City Center
Sordello: Unity Through Fragmentation Time, Poetry, Work	Robert Duncan	Mar 09 1980 City Center
Elemental Archetypes in Spiritual Liberation Time, Wisdom, Religion	Arthur Rudolph	Mar 02 1980 City Center
Interwoven Dualities: Harmony in Action Time, Wisdom, Balance	Arthur Rudolph	Mar 02 1980 City Center
Embracing Complexity in Human Nature Religion, Yoga, Evil	Arthur Rudolph	Mar 02 1980 City Center
Browning's Sordello Time, Politics	Robert Duncan	Feb 18 1980 City Center
Browning's Sordello Time, Poetry, Love	Robert Duncan	Feb 18 1980 City Center
Browning's Sordello Time, Poetry	Robert Duncan	Feb 10 1980 City Center
Browning's Sordello Poetry, Time, Love	Robert Duncan	Feb 10 1980 City Center
Harmony in Archetypes and Balance Time, Balance, Peace	Arthur Rudolph	Jan 27 1980 City Center
Perception Unplugged: Reality as Fluid Construct Time, Culture	Arthur Rudolph	Jan 27 1980 City Center
Conscious Liberation Through Active Engagement Work, Community, Time	Arthur Rudolph	Jan 27 1980 City Center
4 Truths Faith, Buddha, Buddhism	Lama Govinda	Oct 21 1979 City Center
Textual Analysis Meditation, Community, Buddhism	Professor Stephen Bayer	Mar 15 1976 City Center
Balancing Trance and Mindfulness Traditions Buddhism, Buddha, Meditation	Professor Stephen Bayer	Mar 15 1976 City Center
Seminar Time, Work, Nirvana	Chang Chung-Yuan	May 25 1975 City Center
Seminar Time, Practice, Meditation	Chang Chung-Yuan	May 25 1975 City Center
Seminar - "Prajna" Work, Buddhism	Chang Chung-Yuan	May 24 1975 City Center
Attachment to Form: Positive and Negative Practice, Chanting, Tassajara	Chikudo Lew Richmond	Oct 25 1974 City Center
Pathway to Enlightenment Through Mahamudra Serial: SF-00021 Speaking on Mahamudra and translating old Mahamudra texts. Concentration, Realization, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Discrimination, Transmission,...	Sister Palmo	Apr 23 1974 City Center
Allen Ginsberg and Musicians Serial: SF-00105 Musical event. Attachment, Instruction, Obstacles, Offering, Vow, Anger, Religion	Allen Ginsberg	Feb 22 1972 1 City Center
Allen Ginsberg and Musicians Serial: SF-00106 Musical event	Allen Ginsberg	Feb 22 1972 2 City Center
Allen Ginsberg and Musicians Serial: SF-00107 Musical event Instruction, Chanting, Karma, Vow, Obstacles, Attachment, Greed, Passions, Offering...	Allen Ginsberg	Feb 22 1972 1 City Center
Allen Ginsberg and Musicians Serial: SF-00108 Musical event Samsara, Bell	Allen Ginsberg	Feb 22 1972 2 City Center
Funeral Service for Suzuki Roshi Serial: SR-00171 This is a full recording of Suzuki Roshi's funeral, held nine days after his death. Ceremony, Funeral, Ceremony, Discrimination, Soto Zen, Suzuki Roshi, Vow	Various	Dec 12 1971 City Center
Why Then Is It Necessary To Accept Precepts Precepts, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Freedom, Priest, Religion, Big Mind, Zazen,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 17 1971 City Center
Purely Involved Helping Others Serial: SF-00013B 00013A was recorded over a tape of Suzuki Roshi speaking, which was labeled as 00013B. This is an incomplete copy of the talk, which is also available in other copies... Practice, Work, Time	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 22 1971 City Center
Not Sticking to Enlightenment Serial: SF-05445B ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #26, by Shundo David Haye ===== It's not completely clear how this talk dropped off the radar, as the tape had been copied and... Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Emptiness	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 12 1971 B City Center
Lay Ordination Ceremony Serial: SR-00069B ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #25, by Shundo David Haye ===== This tape, which is unfortunately very poorly recorded, gives us a sense of the lay ordination... Precepts, Ceremony, Commitment	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 23 1970 City Center
To Be Honest And Sincere In Its True Sense It Is Necessary to Push Yourself Into Some Very Strong Hard Rule Serial: SF-06121B Sunday, August 16, 1970 San Francisco [This is the second of two lectures with this date. This lecture began mid-way on Side A of the original tape after a prior... Practice, Enlightenment, Oryoki	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 16 1970 B City Center
Priest Ordination Ceremony: Paul Discoe and Reb Anderson Serial: SR-00069A Reprocessed version may allow for clarification of transcript (some changes made by SDH, July 2025) Priest, Ceremony, Precepts, Don't Know Mind, Delusion, Greed, Interview,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 09 1970 City Center
Zazen Practice and Listen to the Right Teacher Serial: SF-05631 ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #24, by Shundo David Haye ===== In the last years of Suzuki Roshi's life, very few talks were lost from the collections... Sesshin, Dogen, Bodhidharma, Precepts, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Observe, Anger...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 03 1970 City Center
Observation of Precepts and Practice of Zazen is Same Thing Serial: SF-06049 Sesshin Lecture No. 1 Saturday, August 1, 1970 San Francisco Sesshin, Precepts, Precepts, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Faith, Ceremony, Ordination, Lay,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 01 1970 City Center
Open Your Intuition Serial: SF-05587B Sesshin Meeting Friday, July 31, 1970 San Francisco Sesshin, Intuition, Instruction, Beginners	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 31 1970 City Center
Way of Zazen Serial: SF-00017 Lecture given in Japanese with translation Faith, Evil	Yoshida Roshi	Jun 07 1970 City Center
Remarks at the Ceremony Officially Opening Beginner's Mind Temple Serial: SF-05996 These are Suzuki Roshi's words, edited together out of longer recording of ceremony. Ceremony, Offering	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 25 1970 City Center
Ceremony Officially Opening Beginner's Mind Temple Serial: SF-05995 This is the bulk of the ceremony, with speakers other than Suzuki Roshi, in Japanese and English Gratitude, Precepts, Ceremony, Zoom, Observe, Obstacles, Silence, Evil, Enemies...	Various	Apr 25 1970 City Center
How To Have Sincere Practice Serial: SR-00145 Suzuki Roshi edited from longer recording. Breath, Building, Community, Interview, Meditation, Obstacles, Silence	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 25 1970 A City Center
Way-Seeking Mind Serial: SF-05361 Saturday Lecture Of March Sesshin Saturday, March 28, 1970 San Francisco Way-Seeking Mind, Sesshin, Monastic Practice, Peace	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 28 1970 City Center
Practice To Be Like A Stone Serial: SF-06125 SR-70-02-28 Sesshin lecture #6 (last lecture) - followed by service #2 for Trudy Dixon NB - is 1970 despite the year added to the photos Composure, Diversity, Don't Know Mind, Tassajara	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 28 1970 City Center
Rules Dogen, Posture, Balance, Doubt, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 18 1970 City Center

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